The Susan Effect

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An artfully written, exuberant thriller with a mercurial and interesting central character -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian * It's a rare treat to read a book by the far-from-prolific Danish author Peter Hoeg. . . His latest novel is an offbeat futuristic thriller. . . the challenges Hoeg sets his readers are well worth taking on * Express * A well-tuned and clever femi-thriller. * Politiken * A continually surprising conspiracy thriller. -- THRILLER OF THE WEEK * The Mail on Sunday * Peter Hoeg is back. And better. And with a novel that is both a thriller, a social critique, and existentially provoking - and on top of that, wonderful and funny. * Dagbladenes Bureau * The main character bares a clear resemblance to a certain Miss Smilla. It is not often that Hoeg writes a new novel, but this one has clearly been worth the long wait. * Kulturnaut * Entertaining * Economist * Susan is a resourceful action heroine, part Lisbeth Salander, part Saga Noren, fearless with a crowbar and a screwdriver * The Arts Desk * The Susan Effect introduces an eccentric mix of characters headed by its ultra-bright narrator, Susan Svendson. . . Hoeg is serious, funny, intelligent, ridiculous, preachy, wise, incomprehensible, surreal and persuasive. It's very readable -- Marcel Berlins * The Times * Peter Hoeg is back with a new thriller about quantum physics and the fact that the elite is neglecting the rest of society...the novel is a well-placed kick into high society's modern powdered wigs. * Weekendavisen *